National Parks Traveler: Addressing The Backlog, Out In The Parks, Spaceport Secrecy
National Parks Traveler Podcast
English - November 24, 2019 13:00 - 54 minutes - 125 MB - ★★★★★ - 102 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture Science Nature acadia everglades olympic shenandoah yellowstone glacier grandcanyon kruger mountrainier nationalparks Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
John Garder, senior director of budget and appropriations for the National Parks Conservation Association, discusses congressional action on legislation to address the roughly $12 billion in backlogged maintenance needs across the National Park System. Becky Lomax, author of Moon USA National Parks, discusses what she's seeing in the parks in terms of that maintenance backlog, and we share thoughts about efforts to build a commercial spaceport just west of Cumberland Island National Seashore.